Hello, Rob (@rob39)
I see how you too have been dealing with pain. It seems many others here too have been trying to cope with varying degrees of pain. That may explain the various medications that have been mentioned. Since I have yet to experience pain –– only numbness, and even that my numbness is far from 100% (it took the EMG test to even convince me I had numbness) –– that may be why my neurologist has this far only I advise that I take alpha lipoic acid (R-lipoic acid) and keep up on all of my B vitamins. I too now carry a walking stick around with me (it, or a pair of trekking poles), but I don't rely on it full-time, only if I find myself on 'tricky' ground. Me too: some days –– or some hours of the day –– my legs feel really weak, but other days or hours they feel fine. Puzzling. Nor have I confirmed that my leg weakness is connected to my PN. I attribute some, or maybe all, of the weakness to getting older. I use my stationary bicycle as much as possible trying to recover some leg strength. (Interesting: you're in Australia. The online balance program I have been following for the past several months is sent from Perth.)

Ray (@ray666)